Colloidal self-assembly approaches to smart nanostructured materials

Z Li, Q Fan, Y Yin - Chemical reviews, 2021 - ACS Publications
Colloidal self-assembly refers to a solution-processed assembly of nanometer-/micrometer-
sized, well-dispersed particles into secondary structures, whose collective properties are …

Recent advances in block copolymer Self‐Assembly for the fabrication of photonic films and pigments

Z Wang, CLC Chan, TH Zhao… - Advanced optical …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The self‐assembly of block copolymers (BCPs) into photonic materials has drawn significant
attention due to the flexibility and diversity of the building blocks that can be synthesized …

Photoswitchable surfactant-driven reversible shape-and color-changing block copolymer particles

J Kim, H Yun, YJ Lee, J Lee, SH Kim… - Journal of the …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Polymer particles that switch their shape and color in response to light are of great interest
for the development of programmable smart materials. Herein, we report block copolymer …

Multifunctional photonic Janus particles

Q He, H Vijayamohanan, J Li… - Journal of the American …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Photonic Janus particles with a sphere fused to a cone are created from the phase
separation of dendronized brush block copolymers (den-BBCP) and poly (4-vinylpyridine)-r …

Self-Assembly of Shark Scale-Patterned Tunable Superhydrophobic/Antifouling Structures with Visual Color Response

LC Pan, SY Hsieh, WC Chen, FT Lin… - … Applied Materials & …, 2023 - ACS Publications
The stacked riblet-like shark scales, also known as dermal denticles, allow them to control
the boundary layer flow over the skin and to reduce interactions with any biomaterial …

Lens-shaped carbon particles with perpendicularly-oriented channels for high-performance proton exchange membrane fuel cells

YJ Lee, HE Kim, H Oh, H Yun, J Lee, S Shin, H Lee… - ACS …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Two-dimensional sheet-like mesoporous carbon particles are promising for maximizing the
number of active sites and the mass transport efficiency of proton exchange membrane fuel …

Rational designed microstructure pressure sensors with highly sensitive and wide detection range performance

Y Ni, L Liu, J Huang, S Li, Z Chen, W Zhang… - Journal of Materials …, 2022 - Elsevier
Highly sensitive pressure sensors are often deployed in human-machine interaction area,
touch screen and human motion detection. However, there are still great challenges to …

Poly (vinylpyridine)-containing block copolymers for smart, multicompartment particles

D Lee, J Kim, KH Ku, S Li, JJ Shin, BJ Kim - Polymer Chemistry, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Multicompartment particles generated by the self-assembly of block copolymers (BCPs)
have received considerable attention due to their unique morphologies and functionalities. A …

A versatile 3D‐confined self‐assembly strategy for anisotropic and ordered mesoporous carbon microparticles

M Wang, X Mao, J Liu, B Deng, S Deng, S **… - Advanced …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Mesoporous carbon microparticles (MCMPs) with anisotropic shapes and ordered structures
are attractive materials that remain challenging to access. In this study, a facile yet versatile …

Janus photonic microspheres with bridged lamellar structures via droplet‐confined block copolymer co‐assembly

Q Guo, Y Li, Q Liu, Y Li, DP Song - … Chemie International Edition, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Artificial self‐assembly systems typically exhibit limited capability in creating nature‐inspired
complex materials with advanced functionalities. Here, an effective co‐assembly strategy is …